Digital Politics with Karen Jagoda

Welcome to the non-partisan Digital Politics Podcast with Karen Jagoda. Since 2007, this show has highlighted impact of new technologies on the campaign landscape, how expectations of voters are changing, fundraising, persuasion and getting out the vote.

Popular topics on the show include best practices for political and advocacy campaigns, ground game strategies, cross-media advertising, social media trends and impact of mobile.

This weekly podcast includes interviews with political consultants, media strategists, journalists, advocates, candidates, elected officials, campaign managers, and solution providers.

Brendan Tobin,
Head of Growth at Ecanvasser headquartered in Cork, Ireland, has
seen field organizing and canvassing techniques around the
globe. We talk about the unique characteristics of paid
canvassing in the US, best techniques for engaging constituents
especially in local races, and importance of multiple
visits...

Erik Rosedahl,
Head of Stakeholder Engagement, Phone2Action has a clear view of
the need to understand different types of activists and emphasizes
that just focusing on the number of supporters can be
misleading. Having lead the advocacy efforts at the National
Association of Manufacturers, Erik emphasizes the
need...

Bart Myers CEO
and Founder, Countable.us wants to reduce the hurdles that make it
hard for people to have their voices heard by elected
officials. Using the Countable app, users can connect to the
political process and vote on upcoming legislation, share their
opinions about decisions, and inform their friends
and...

Tara McGowan,
Founder and CEO, Lockwood Strategy Lab was the digital director for
the SuperPAC Priorities USA in 2016. She talks about lessons
learned in their work to support Hillary Clinton for president,
need to have a cross channel strategy to persuade and engage
voters, value of Facebook to create relationships...

Reporter Kate
Kaye talks to Dan Backer, general counsel
and treasurer of Great America PAC, one of the larger super PACs
that supported President Trump in 2016. They say they have built a
list of at least 3 million active supporters. Great America PAC has
used atypical approaches like running 1-800 tv ads to
find...

About the Podcast

The non-partisan Digital Politics Podcast with Karen Jagoda explores political and advocacy campaign best practices, new technologies and innovative approaches to voter engagement, fundraising, ground game strategies, cross-media advertising, using social media to promote and persuade, and getting out the vote. Since 2007, this show has spotted trends and interviewed strategists on the campaign trail as well as candidates, elected officials, and solutions providers who are bringing new tools to campaign staffers and volunteers.